The Meeting of Two Destined Individuals

The Meeting of Two People Bound by Fate

At this moment, it was not only them undergoing unknown mutations. The entire world was changing. In less than a minute, the whole Earth had descended into chaos, as though even the air contained particles called fear...

Mu Xiao did not need to guess what drastic changes were sweeping the world, but he had no time to spare on such thoughts. His greatest problem was how to escape.

There were thirty guards in the secret chamber, while only one prisoner was locked inside the iron cell—the person Mu Xiao both anticipated and feared. Fortunately, there were no signs that "she" had begun evolving or mutating yet. Otherwise, Mu Xiao would have been the first to charge out of the chamber regardless of the consequences.

Mu Xiao broke free from the mutated guard's grip. Fortunately, the guard's genes were changing so violently that his strength suddenly became unbalanced. Mu Xiao seized that opportunity to break away, rolling straight behind three guards who had not mutated and using them to block the mutated guard.

"They've all been infected with a bioweapon virus—they're no longer human! Don't try to subdue them! Kill them directly, or we'll all die!" Seeing the others attempting to restrain those transforming into monsters, Mu Xiao cried out an urgent warning.

"Fuck your asshole! You want me to kill my own brothers? I'll kill you first later!" A burly man with a bull-like head cursed gruffly. Mu Xiao was so furious he nearly coughed up blood. Blaming himself for being too kindhearted, he decided to ignore whether these people lived or died. He would first deal with the electronic lock on his handcuffs, then find an opportunity to free the person locked in the iron cell.

Nearly half the people in the secret chamber had undergone genetic mutation, yet they did not immediately kill their companions. Instead, they attacked using restraint weapons such as electromagnetic guns, stun batons, electrical gloves, and more. But the mutated people's resistance had greatly increased. It was not so easy to shock them unconscious—indeed, they might not lose consciousness at all, because their pain nerves were already gone. The only option was to electrocute them into charred ash... in other words, kill them.

The secret chamber was in utter chaos, and the unmutated guards were busy trying to subdue their own companions.

Mu Xiao curled himself up and moved as cautiously as a rat, doing his best to avoid attracting the mutated guards' attention. He returned to where the mutated guard who had grabbed him had been, found the guard's torn clothes, and successfully located the handcuff controller. At the same time, he found a laser pistol and a searing military blade. Both were fine B-grade weapons, more than enough to deal with zombies at the first stage of genetic mutation.

That was, unless mutants appeared among these guards.

Next, Mu Xiao cautiously headed toward the iron cell to free the woman he had always feared.

She wore a short-sleeved black outfit. Her jade-white arms, as pale and smooth as silk, held a thick book as she read with her head lowered.

Squatting in the corner of the iron cell, Mu Xiao carefully studied the person inside. "She" remained in an extremely terrifying state of calm, without the slightest emotional fluctuation, as though even the chaos engulfing the world could not stir her nerves.

"Greetings, esteemed one!" Mu Xiao instinctively used the honorifics he had once reserved for the strong. "I have come to save you from danger..."

"No need." She raised her head. Her deep, black pupils resembled bottomless black holes as they fixed upon Mu Xiao's eyes.

For an instant, Mu Xiao felt as though his soul had been drawn into "her" eyes. In that instant, his instincts reacted. The killing pressure of his advanced evolutionary level erupted wildly, like an invisible bloodthirsty demon pouncing upon "her" sea of consciousness and shattering "her" hypnotic eye technique.

Her brows drew together slightly, her face turning a shade paler as pain appeared within it.

As the Federation's ace agent, "she" clearly knew some spiritual cultivation methods and had learned to use her eyes to hypnotize others. If Mu Xiao had not possessed the pressure of an advanced evolutionary level, he might very well have fallen under "her" hypnotic spell. As far as Mu Xiao knew, "she" possessed an SS-grade physique beyond ordinary humans. In hand-to-hand combat, she could knock down the current Mu Xiao with one hand.

However, Mu Xiao's advanced evolutionary pressure had struck back against "her," causing a backlash of mental energy and inflicting some mental damage upon her.

Because of this, Mu Xiao could clearly see "her" face, and felt that "she" was not a monster right now, but still a human being.

Unlike in the future, she possessed none of that boundless, terrifying blood-red murderous aura. Nor did she have that jade-like face cold enough to freeze all things, nor those dark, silent eyes of extreme violence... The current her had skin like ice and snow, deep black eyes, thin lips, long black hair, uneven bangs, and an incomparably beautiful snow-white face marked by a cross-shaped scar.

The cross-shaped scar did not make her look ugly. Instead, it gave her a sharp, blade-like air that made others afraid to underestimate her and filled their hearts with dread.

At this moment, she no longer seemed like an inhumanly terrifying existence in Mu Xiao's mind. Especially after she had been countered by his pressure, Mu Xiao's attitude shifted slightly.

Mu Xiao glanced once more at the cross-shaped scar on her cheek and thought, So she really did have this scar before evolving. But after she evolved, it seemed to be gone.

"Who are you?" she asked faintly, her willow-leaf brows furrowed.

"Someone looking for you," Mu Xiao answered solemnly. At the same time, he drew the laser pistol and fired beam after beam at the same spot, damaging the iron cell's lock.

Mu Xiao had said he was "looking for her," not "saving her."

She had already gathered plenty of information from that.

"At your rate of destruction, they may all be killed before you have enough time to destroy the backup locking mechanism's metal plate," she said coolly.

Just as she had said, the genetically mutated guards remained unharmed, while two or three of the unmutated guards had died. More than half their flesh had been devoured by the mutated guards, making those few mutated guards even stronger. The normal guards who had not mutated were already in dire straits.

"They'll resort to lethal force in the end." Mu Xiao ignored the shifting battle and focused on shooting the metal plate. Then he suddenly asked, "Why did they lock you in there?"

"Because I wanted to stop the New Human Plan. Unfortunately, I was still too late." A faint sorrow seeped into her words.

In the future era of evolution, it would have been impossible for her to show such emotion.

But Mu Xiao did not notice the change in her mood. Hearing that she had tried to stop the New Human Plan made his heart jump, causing his laser beam to miss slightly.

I never heard why she tried to stop the New Human Plan, nor why she was imprisoned here... Could there be some hidden truth? Mu Xiao wondered.

"It seems you also know about the New Human Plan. There are changes and conspiracies within it that no one knows about." She gave Mu Xiao a serious look, then turned expressionlessly toward the bloody, frenzied battle outside. "Just like what you see before you now, the changes in this world are also part of such a conspiracy."

Mu Xiao could hardly tell her, "In the future, you'll be countless times fiercer than them, and you'll also be a terrifying monster who kills without blinking."

The two fell silent. The battle inside the secret chamber also reached its fiercest stage. The unmutated guards began using lethal weapons, shooting their former companions full of holes. But Mu Xiao knew that the genetically mutated guards were still not dead. Only by blasting their brains and hearts into pulp could they truly be killed.

Otherwise, those mutated guards would merely enter temporary suspended death. Once their mutated genes repaired their bodies, they would become indestructible monsters again.

As Mu Xiao continued firing, a bright red bloodline appeared on her snow-white face. When Mu Xiao saw it, he was so startled that he nearly shot her in the head.

Her first evolution has begun after all! Mu Xiao swallowed against his dry throat and swept his eyes around. Suddenly, his gaze lit up when he spotted an open metal cabinet containing A-grade heavy weapons. It must have been opened earlier by the guards to deal with the mutated guards.

"I'll be right back. Keep your emotions under control for now..." Mu Xiao hurried toward the metal cabinet.

How did he know my emotions were turning cold? A strange look appeared in her eyes. A silent, frigid sensation rose within her again, and she could not help frowning.

Mu Xiao quickly returned with an arm-sized cannon barrel.

"Ha! I actually found this antique!" Mu Xiao was delighted to find something familiar from the later era while still in the early days of the world. This was the high-destruction Thunderbolt Cannon. A single blast could seriously wound even a mutant, though it took a relatively long time to charge. That was why the guards had not used this bulky thing—otherwise, one shot could have taken down a genetically mutated guard.

"Water Bailan, step back a little. You'll be out soon." Excited by the find, Mu Xiao activated the Thunderbolt Cannon's charging mechanism and unconsciously spoke her name.

Water Bailan had always used either a codename or an alias. Hearing Mu Xiao call her true name—a name known only to two people—her expression immediately turned utterly cold and sharp. In a tone like a chilling wind from the depths of hell, she asked, "Why do you know my name is Water Bailan?!"

Her cold voice held no human emotion. Mu Xiao felt as though he were standing naked atop an iceberg, icy winds slicing into his marrow and sending a shiver through his entire body.

"Your adoptive mother is my benefactor too, isn't she? If not, how would I know you were here? How would I know about the New Human Plan? And I came looking for you despite such danger. Besides, your condition is very bad right now—you know that yourself. Hurry and control your emotions, or you'll completely lose your humanity and become a true killing weapon..."

Mu Xiao poured out everything he remembered about Water Bailan's identity. Of course, he did not dare reveal certain taboo matters at this time. Otherwise, if Water Bailan's emotions completely collapsed, she would become just like she had in the future—a terrifying weapon of slaughter.

"What was her name?" Water Bailan's expression eased, but her skin grew ever more icy and translucent. The scarlet bloodlines surfacing beneath it gradually turned blue.

"Water Deep Blue," Mu Xiao answered without hesitation.

"How was she your benefactor?" Water Bailan asked.

"I haven't mutated yet. Don't you understand?" Mu Xiao replied flawlessly.

Water Bailan fell silent for a while before saying, "There's something wrong with my body. If anything happens to me, go back to the Moon for me and take good care of my mother."

In her heart, her adoptive mother was her true mother. That was why, at a time like this, she still cared about her family.

Bitterness filled Mu Xiao's heart. If this were some simple request, that would be one thing—but this is something I can't possibly promise!!